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Ideas of Cratylus, by Text
[Greek, c.465 - 405 BCE, Born and died in Athens.]
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p.101
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Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once
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Full Idea:
Cratylus was appalled that Heraclitus said you could not step twice into the same river, because it was already going too far to admit stepping into the same river once.
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From:
report of Cratylus (fragments/reports [c.425 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1010a
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A reaction:
Compare Idea 427.
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p.101
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578
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Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger
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Full Idea:
Cratylus thought speech of any kind was radically inappropriate and that expression should be restricted exclusively to the movement of the finger.
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From:
report of Cratylus (fragments/reports [c.425 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1010a
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